A Flicker in the Dark
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Last published Sun, Dec 28, 2025
You're at the lowest point in your life.
Lonely. Overworked. Tired.
Hiding.
You can't tell anyone about your healing magic. Anyone who learns eventually shuts you out.
Humans don't like magic. It's rare for their kind to possess it.
Too rare.
So here you are, quietly living in a one-person apartment, working hours on end at your local cafe. It's exhausting after a while, but the pay is fine, so you put up with it.
Though lately, you've had an odd suspicion.
Something's felt... off.
You don't know what, but it's there-lurking in the shadows.
...You wish it'd stayed hidden.
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